The Department Of Marine & Wildlife Resources

The Department Of Marine & Wildlife Resources
Showing posts with label No-Take MPA and CFMP Outreach at Fagamalo on the 12th of December 2010. Show all posts
Showing posts with label No-Take MPA and CFMP Outreach at Fagamalo on the 12th of December 2010. Show all posts

Monday, December 13, 2010

Faletogo Taliloa explaining the boundaries of the Village Marine Protected Area (VMPA) and the No-Take Marine Protected Area (MPA) in the village of Fagamalo. The village of Fagamalo also agree to have this No-Take MPA zone closed for 10 years to see if it helps with protecting their marine resources from outsiders. People that come from other villages and fish out their marine resources without the village noticing.
Tepora T. Lavata'i, Afa Uikirifi and Fale Tuilagi represented the Community Based Fishery Management Program (CFMP) at the Fagamalo Outreach, and Lucy Jacob, Tafito Aitaoto and Sione Lam Yuen Jr represented the No-Take MPA. Afa and Tepora explained the rules and regulations that apply to Fagamalo's Village Marine Protected Area (VMPA) where the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources (DMWR) enforce. Lucy explained the difference between the No-Take MPA Program and the CFMP Program that the DMWR have to protect, conserve and preserve for the future generations of American Samoa.
Approximately 30 people participated the outreach on the 12th of December at the village of Fagamalo. The No-Take MPA and the CFMP from the Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources had an outreach to discuss the boundaries of the No-Take MPA, how many recommended years they should have their no-take zone for and the regulations that the CFMP had to enforce rules and regulations in both the Village Marine Protected Area and the No-Take MPA in the village of Fagamalo.